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59th Street–Columbus Circle (New York City Subway)
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New York City Subway station complex | |||||||||||||
 Station entrance north of Columbus Circle | |||||||||||||
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| Address | Intersection of West 59th Street, Eighth Avenue & Broadway New York, NY 10023 | ||||||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
| Locale | Columbus Circle, Midtown Manhattan | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′05″N 73°58′55″W / 40.767997°N 73.981934°W / 40.767997; -73.981934Coordinates: 40°46′05″N 73°58′55″W / 40.767997°N 73.981934°W / 40.767997; -73.981934 | ||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT), B (IND) | ||||||||||||
| Line | IND Eighth Avenue Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||||||
| Services | 1  (all times) 2  (late nights)A (all times) B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) C  (all except late nights) D (all times) | ||||||||||||
| Transit connections |  NYCT Bus: M5, M7, M10, M12, M20, M104MTA Bus: BxM2 | ||||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Station code | 614[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible |  ADA-accessible | ||||||||||||
| Wireless service |  [3] | ||||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||||
| Passengers (2017) | 22,929,203 (station complex)[4]  1.2% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 8 out of 425 | ||||||||||||
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59th Street–Columbus Circle is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is the eighth-busiest station complex in the system.[4] It is located at Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan where 59th Street, Broadway and Eighth Avenue intersect, and is served by the:
1, A, and D trains at all times
C train at all times except late nights
B train during weekdays until 11:00 p.m.
2 train during late nights
Contents
1 Station layout
1.1 Entrances and exits
2 IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms
2.1 Image gallery
3 IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms
4 Nearby points of interest
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Station layout
G | Street level | Exits/entrances |
B1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines Shops, to exits (Elevators on NE corner of Columbus Circle and Central Park W and on SW corner of 8th Avenue and Columbus Circle) |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Northbound local | ← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street ( toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights) (66th Street–Lincoln Center) | |
Northbound express | ←  do not stop here | |
Southbound express | → do not stop here → | |
Southbound local | → toward South Ferry ( toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights) (50th Street) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
B2 | IND Mezzanine | Transfers between lines and platforms |
B3 | Northbound local | ← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (81st Street) ← toward 168th Street ( toward Inwood–207th Street late nights) (81st Street)Temporarily closed for construction: 72nd Street |
Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for express trains | ||
Northbound express | ← toward Inwood–207th Street (125th Street) ← toward Norwood–205th Street (125th Street) | |
Island platform, not in service, used as passageway between IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms | ||
Southbound express | → toward Rockaway Park or Lefferts Boulevard (42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal) →→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Seventh Avenue) → | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for express trains | ||
Southbound local | → toward Brighton Beach (Seventh Avenue) →→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Rockaway Park late nights) (50th Street) → | |
Entrances and exits
Newly rehabilitated retail space
This station complex has many entrances/exits from the streets. The one at the north end of Columbus Circle leads to the Trump International Hotel and Tower. It has a double wide staircase going down to an intermediate level before another double-wide staircase goes down to fare control, where a now unused token booth and turnstile bank lead to the IND mezzanine as well as the north end of the northbound IRT platform. There is also one elevator from the back of the staircase that goes down to fare control.[5]
Two staircases from the northwest corner of Broadway and West 60th Street go down to an unstaffed fare control area, where three full height turnstiles and a short staircase provide direct access to the north end of the southbound IRT platform. Another staircase at the southern island of the aforementioned intersection go down to a bank of turnstiles leading to the center of the same platform.[5]
The Time Warner Center at the northwest corner of West 58th Street and Eighth Avenue has a set of elevators, escalators, and staircases going down to fare control, where a token booth and turnstile bank provide entrance/exit to the station. A single staircase goes down to each IND platform at their extreme south end while a passageway leads to the southbound IRT platform. The mezzanine also has a staircase going up to the northeast corner of West 58th Street and Eighth Avenue. There is a passageway leading to another staircase that goes up to the northwest corner of West 57th Street and Eighth Avenue. This staircase is built within the Hearst Tower.[5] A complex of restaurants and shops called "Turnstyle" opened in this passageway in April 2016.[6]
The south end of the northbound IRT platform has a same-level unstaffed fare control area containing full height turnstiles and two staircases going up to the south corners of West 59th Street and Broadway.[5]
There is a closed exit from the IND platforms at 61st Street and Central Park West.[7]
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms
59 Street–Columbus Circle | |||||||||
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New York City Subway station | |||||||||
 Uptown platform | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services | 1 (all times) 2 (late nights) | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[8] | ||||||||
| Station code | 315[2] | ||||||||
| Accessible | ADA-accessible | ||||||||
| Wireless service | [3] | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north | 66th Street–Lincoln Center: 1 2 | ||||||||
| Next south | 50th Street: 1 2 | ||||||||
| Next north | 66th Street–Lincoln Center: 1 2 | ||||||||
| Next south | Times Square–42nd Street: 1 2 | ||||||||
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59th Street – Columbus Circle (IRT) | |||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||
| MPS | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||||
| NRHP reference # | 04001015[9] | ||||||||
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 2004 | ||||||||
59th Street–Columbus Circle on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, opened on October 27, 1904, has four tracks and two side platforms.
Despite being a major transfer point to the IND Eighth Avenue Line, the station was constructed as a local stop prior to the IND's construction in 1932. During the 1950s, the New York City Transit Authority considered converting the station to an express stop by rerouting the local tracks to the outside of the platforms.[10] This would have coincided with 72nd Street becoming a local stop by fencing off or walling up the express side of the island platforms there. The conversion of the station to an express station was planned to serve the under construction New York Coliseum.[10]
When the station opened, there was an underpass between the downtown and uptown platforms. In the 1970s, it was closed and the staircase entrances covered over. Today, passengers use the IND mezzanine and platforms to transfer between directions. Both platforms have two fare controls which are on the same level, one of which connects to the mezzanine leading to the IND platforms.
Image gallery
Name in mosaics
Original cartouche featuring Columbus's ship the Santa Maria
Detailed view of the ceiling
The uptown platform in 1978
IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms
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| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||||||
| Line | IND Eighth Avenue Line | ||||||||||||
| Services | A (all times) B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) C (all except late nights) D (all times) | ||||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 island platforms (2 in passenger service) cross-platform interchange | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)[11] | ||||||||||||
| Station code | 161[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | ADA-accessible | ||||||||||||
| Wireless service | [3] | ||||||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||||||
| Next north | 125th Street (express): A D 81st Street–Museum of Natural History (local): A B C 72nd Street: ZZZtemporarily closed for construction | ||||||||||||
| Next south | Seventh Avenue (6th): B D 50th Street (8th local): A C 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (8th express): A | ||||||||||||
| Next north | 125th Street: A B C D | ||||||||||||
| Next south | 50th Street (via 8th local): A C (southbound only)47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center (via 6th): B D 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (via 8th express): A | ||||||||||||
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59th Street–Columbus Circle on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which opened on September 10, 1932, is a large express station. There are four tracks and three island platforms with the outer two in revenue service.
South of the station, trains can either continue on Eighth Avenue or diverge east to the Seventh Avenue station via the IND Sixth Avenue Line. North of the station are crossovers in both directions, and the northbound tracks cross over the southbound tracks to form a two-level configuration to 103rd Street.
The next express station to the north, 125th Street, is 3.35 miles (5.391 km) away with seven local stations in between. This is the longest distance between two express stops in the system.
Passageway between the two IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms via the center IND platform.
The unused center platform during renovation
The center platform was first used in passenger service in 1959, but was originally built along with the other platforms. It served the purpose of a Spanish solution, allowing passengers to exit both sides of subway cars as the express trains would open the doors on both sides. Newer subway cars' door controls made it more difficult to open doors on both sides of the train simultaneously; thus this solution became impractical and the platform was closed on November 8, 1973. In 2007–2010, it was converted to a crossunder between the IRT side platforms. Large metal fences have been erected to keep people away from the edges.
At the middle of each open platform, there are two staircases and one elevator that connect with the northbound platform of IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. There is also one staircase from each platform at the north end leading to the same area. A single staircase at the extreme south end connects to the southbound IRT platform. There are two newsstands, one each at the center of both platforms.
This station formerly had a 1992 artwork called Hello Columbus, made by various New York City artists and public school students. Sol LeWitt created tile work on the stairway from the platforms to the uptown 1 train entitled "Whirls and Twirls", installed in 2009.[7] Currently, large white "59"s are placed over the blue stripes–similar to the "42"s at 42nd Street–Port Authority.
Nearby points of interest
Church of St. Paul the Apostle[5]
Museum of Arts & Design[5]
New York Institute of Technology[5]
Professional Children's School[5]
John Jay College of Criminal Justice[5]
Fordham University[5]
References
^ "Transfer Points Under Higher Fare". The New York Times. June 30, 1948. p. 19.
^ abc "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ abc "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
^ ab "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
^ abcdefghij "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midtown West" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ Kral, Georgia (April 19, 2016). "Inside TurnStyle, the food and retail hub under Columbus Circle". am New York. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
^ ab "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
^ "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It". The New York Times. October 28, 1904 – via nycsubway.org.
^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
^ ab Authority, New York City Transit (1953). Report.
^ "List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6.
Further reading
- Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0
External links
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- nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: 59th Street/Columbus Circle
- nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 59th Street/Columbus Circle
- nycsubway.org – Whirls and Twirls Artwork by Sol Lewitt (2007)
- nycsubway.org – Hello Columbus Artwork by the NYC Artists & Public School Students (1992)
Miscellaneous:
- Station Reporter – Columbus Circle/59th Street Complex
- TheSubwayNut – 59th Street IND station
- TheSubwayNut – 59th Street IRT station
- Forgotten NY – Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
- MTA's Arts For Transit – 59th Street–Columbus Circle
- Abandoned Stations - 59 St platform
Google Maps: Street View:
- Entrance to Trump International Hotel & Tower at 60th Street from Google Maps Street View
- Columbus Circle & Central Park South entrance to Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
- Eighth Avenue & 58th Street entrance to Eighth Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
- Time Warner Center entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Eighth Avenue & 57th Street entrance to Eighth Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
- Broadway & 60th Street entrance to Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
- Elevator entrance at Columbus Circle and Eighth Avenue from Google Maps Street View
- IRT platforms from Google Maps Street View
- IND platforms from Google Maps Street View
- Turnstyle shop from Google Maps Street View
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